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Some photos of the house/lot mentioned above as well as construction progress with the slanted columns at the base:

First level structure just about done:

Forgive the play-by-play but bam-- already done with the glass panes on the east side for the 12th floor. (Forgive the fisheye Nest cam lens outside my window!) Happy to share the live stream password if you want to look live, just shoot me a DM.

Did you miss this part of the article?: “And when construction crews dismantled the chapel’s acoustical ceiling tiles this summer to prepare the building for a new skylight, they found the concrete support walls were built without steel reinforcement. This was a common building practice in 1970, and the chapel is grandfathered from current codes written with an eye toward 130 mile-per-hour hurricane gusts, said executive director David Leslie. But the chapel’s leadership took no chances. “This is a simple matter of stewardship,” Leslie said. “I don’t like to use double negatives, but we cannot not do it. … If a weather incident hit the walls at just the right angle, you could lose the chapel. A wall could collapse.” Lead architect Stephen Cassell of the New York firm Architecture Research Office said visitors were never in danger of being inside a toppling building, because the chapel would be closed during a major hurricane event. But he and ARO partner Adam Yarinsky were also mindful of protecting Rothko’s priceless paintings.”

Unforeseen structural issues with the chapel have set them back from both a budget and time perspective: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/rothko-chapel-construction-update-14572005.php#photo-18521929

This is the site plan for the completed campus (https://www.aro.net/rothko-chapel/). The plaza with reflecting pool and obelisk is meant to be a serene, meditative space just like the chapel itself. The idea is that visitors will enter from the east/west sidewalks into a sort of outdoor room that serves as a transition into the chapel space. I can't find it, but an earlier site plan showed the vegetative screen continuing on the other side of the west sidewalk up to the west side of the chapel. I believe that earlier site plan also included a labyrinth between the chapel and the meditative garden.

I was reading Berkadia's 1Q20 – Houston Construction Pipeline Report today and noticed a new multifamily listening. Proposed at 281-Units. https://www.berkadia.com/research-and-resources DMRE's website mentioned the closing date on the land was 1/9/2019. https://dmre.com/property/knight-rd/ There was a change of ownership listed on HCAD. Now listed as AvalonBay Communities. https://www.avaloncommunities.com/ Loopnet link: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/Knight-Rd-Fannin-St-Houston-TX/13903845/

Not sure about moving all the tenants, but there has been some previous discussion here about potential redevelopment of the Post Oak Shopping Center:

Work at the Oui Eats site has begun! 😀

Tour, and video, of the model. It looks very nice. https://www.papercitymag.com/real-estate/revere-river-oaks-mid-rise-houston-designer-chandos-dodson-epley/

No apologies necessary. Hell, I'd forgotten I'd previously posted it until Houston19514 pointed it out.

To be clear, that article was from October, 2019 and this issue was reported to us on the previous page by mkultra25. This is not a further delay.

Looks like have a major tenant secured. Thanks!

The house with the historical marker across the street has had multiple concepts die out in the last couple years. I’ve thought it could make for a cool L’Colombe D’Oresque project if it were paired with the vacant lot Hines owns next door.

I'm going to be back in town next week and am thinking of taking photos around the area as I've done in the past. Does anyone know if this vantage point is still a good one or is there work underway in the foreground now? It's from the Bed Bath & Beyond at W. Alabama and Kirby Drive. The shot is from December.

wow that is very interesting...don't think i recall ever hearing that before... if that was the case i wonder if the other plaza where K & Z is located would eventually move it's tenants to this plaza and do away with that one?! that would maybe be better!

Wow, thank you so much for that compliment! I really appreciate that and am happy that people enjoy them! I really enjoy making the city look as nice as I can.

Brijonmang can even make the least loved buildings in Houston look beautiful. Brijonmang, you are a terrific photographer and I really enjoy looking at your work. Thank you for sharing it.

Construction is almost done on this. I'll see if I can snag a photo sometime.

https://www.scribd.com/document/340527370/Whitmire-Letter-021317

Interchange is shutdown this weekend. Looks like they will be connecting another section?

I realize that article was from last October, but the rebar work and rebricking of the facade was only completed about a month or so ago. This additional work also had a major impact on their capital budget. I was simply responding to a question about why the guest house had not yet been relocated to make way for the completion of the visitor center/office/plaza complex north of the chapel. My apologies to mkultra25 for not citing him/her for referencing a Chronicle article six months ago. Jeez, this is why I rarely post on this site.

saw this today on my afternoon ride: quick google and I found this: https://www.constructionbidsource.com/archives/leeland-bike-lane-construction-project-houston-tx wish they were carrying it farther down leeland, at least all the way to lawndale, but I guess in time...

Thanks for the article. What I'm writing below isn't aimed at you, but my general distain for most media. The Chron is using a typical media framing narrative. Media: See's something that they are either ignorant too or don't understand Media: "This is a crisis!" or "This is an issue" or "This is a problem". Just because they don't understand these things doesn't mean the building had structural issues. The issue isn't that the actual building has structural issues. The issue is that the building doesn't meet current codes of today. Completely different. In particular we design for different wind loads because we have better standards for designing in hurricane prone areas because we have better data than they did in the 1970's. The building was built to 1970's code, and it still meets those standards. Its grandfathered in, and if it still meets that code then its fine. No failure. However, today we have higher standards, but that doesn't mean that there is a problem or issue with the structure itself, it just means that, by our standards today the structure is deemed inefficient. They could have just continued on with the build like nothing happened. Plenty of people do. Its understandable why, because its very expensive to bring an existing building to code. Sometimes more than the original cost of the building. Thankfully ARO seems to have good heads on their shoulders, and are responsible architects. They saw that the building didn't meet current code standards, and so to be better "stewards" to the building they decided it would be best if an investment was made to future proof the building. I'm glad they at least got a statement from the architect because thats the only valuable information in this article. The way they frame it at the beginning makes it seem like the building was going to collapse at any minute.

https://davis-commercial.com/property/lease/2222-Austin-St.html

Not a restaurant but St. Bernard on Canal has comedy on Fridays and it's both great and horribly cringeworthy all at the same time. They carry classic domestic beers + crafts (salty lady - hello!) Also, Vinny's Pizza is in Eado and owned by agricole hosptiality and both delicious and incredibly fast. + Broccoli Salad + Pizza with ricotta (too lazy to look up teh name) + Also sell some tak & bake coltivare pastas

SeaSide and Moon Tower are both great, they deserve no slander. Sadly the parking situation on Emancipation is a mess and I refuse to pay $10 for parking to go in and grab a poke bowl, so I go to SeaSide a lot less now.

We got a 150m+ going up. 🥳🥳 Permits for the Hotel/Condo and cranes. Building: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=441128325&row=12 Structure Type: Building Structure Name: Allen Hotel/Condo Structure Height: 496 ft or 151.2 m Work Schedule: Work Schedule:06/01/2020 to 03/30/2023 Crane 1: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=438592815&row=8 Structure Type: Crane Structure Name: Tower Crane 1 Structure Height: 620 ft or 189 m Work Schedule: 06/12/2020 to 06/12/2022 Crane 2: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=438595170&row=10 Structure Type: Crane Structure Name: Tower Crane 2 Structure Height: 420 ft or 128 m Work Schedule: Work Schedule: 06/12/2020 to 06/12/2022

List of high-rises currently under construction: 1. The Preston: 549 ft and 46 floors 2. Texas Tower: 735 ft and 47 floors 3. Discovery Tower: 468 ft and 42 floors 4. Camden Conte tower 2: Unknown but probably 264 ft and 21 floors 5. TAMU Innovation mixed-use 1: Unknown but it's 30 floors ( might be in the 400-500 ft range) 6. TAMU Innovation mixed-use 2: Unknown but it's 19 floors 7. The Allen main tower 1: 478 ft 11 inches/ 34 floors (Paco Jones clutch) 8. The Allen office tower 2: Unknown but looks to be 22 floors 9. The Allen tower 3: looks to be around the same height as the office tower so probably 22 floors 10. The Allen tower 4: Looks to be around 18-19 floors 11. RESIDENCES AT LA COLOMBE D'OR : 393 ft and 34 floors (basically done but hey makes list look bigger) 12. The Driscoll at River Oaks: 345 ft and 29 floors 13. Hanover square phase 1 Residential Tower 1: 254 ft and 22 floors 14. Hanover square phase 1 Residential Tower 2: looks to be 27 floors so around 320-340 ft 15. Hanover square phase 1 Office Tower: looks to be 20 floors and around the same height as resi 2 16. Gables Westcreek: 173 ft and 15 floors 17. Bowen River Oaks: 286 ft and 25 floors 18. Holiday Inn Express: 171 ft and 14 floors 19. 1660 Post Oak Blvd: 453 ft and 40 floors 20. Booner Manor 5318 Crawford St: 159 ft so probably 13-15 floors 21. 3300 Main St: 351 ft and 29 floors 22. Blossom Hotel Houston: 202 ft and 16 floors 23. Centennial Tower: 511 ft and 29 floors Let me know if I missed anything!!! Also there's a lot of planned ones that are likely going to break ground soon, so hopefully we can add to this list soon. Some of these planned one are developments like innovation tower, TMC^3 hotel/residential, and a lot of the Regent Square towers. On another note if everything doesn't completely go to shit, there might be around 10+ 150m+ towers going up in the next couple years. As the sea of midrises and lowrises take over inner loop Houston.

We might have more like 25,000 in those three neighborhoods. At any rate, if we're not yet a downtown that Ferris would spend a day in, it's not for lack of residents.

I think she's on three. They have a, shall we say, less than prime unit 😬. It looks out thru some utility poles, on to a neighboring building.

Would love pictures from her. Usually buildings close from bottom to top. What floor is she on?

A friend who bought a unit in The Revere was told their unit should be finished by late June. She wasn't clear if anyone else had started moving in, or if that was just her unit, or whether that's the entire project. She's not a sophisticated new const buyer. They bought about a year ago.

Or even NY

Perfect for the area. We need more of these in EaDo.

Looks great! Bring on the EaDo residents. Just a block from the Eadog Park and two blocks from 8th Wonder and then all sorts of other stuff 4-6 blocks away. Love seeing more infill in this area.

Agreed. I’m a fan of incrementalism and think if we can keep improving the public spaces and streetscapes while adding residential, retail will follow. To me, a bunch of connected small places and spaces in a walkable area is better than big projects like aquariums. That said, I’d love to see one or two public squares added downtown in key places. Similar to how Mexico City and many European cities have several plazas separated by only a few blocks.

The stone is beautiful. So glad there’s no stucco (at least so far).

On a related note, I really think "they" (probably the Uptown TIRZ) should construct some safe ways for people to cross Westheimer between The Galleria and stuff on the north side of Westheimer. It's ridiculous (and quite unsafe) how people feel they have to run for their lives to cross Westheimer and and also navigate across the median landscaping. The crosswalks at Post Oak and McCue are pretty far apart and many people don't want to take long detours to use them. I suppose the most practical solution would be an overhead walkway. Beyond that, as more development occurs on the other side (east) of 610, the need for safe pedestrian passage to there will only grow. Currently, I seriously feel that I'm risking my life trying to make that crossing. As a resident of the area, at least I know what I'm getting into when I cross there. I worry even more about the out-of-town visitors who have to scurry through that gauntlet of crazy drivers.